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Egypt at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Egypt competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Egyptian athletes won three medals at this edition of the Olympic. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two occasions: the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, as part of the United States-led boycott.

Medalists

The following Egyptian athletes won medals at the Games. In the discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

Archery

Two Egyptian archers qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's and women's individual recurve competitions by virtue of their results at the 2023 African Continental Qualification Tournament in Nabeul, Tunisia.

Artistic swimming

Egypt fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and mixed team event as the highest-ranked African nation eligible for qualification at the 2023 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Athletics

Egyptian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024 by world ranking in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):

Field events

Boxing

Egypt entered three boxers into the Olympic tournament. Yomna Ayyad secured her spots in the women's bantamweight division by advancing to the final match, while Omar Elawady (men's welterweight) and Abdelrahman Oraby (men's middleweight) secured a spot in their respective events, through the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.

Canoeing

Sprint

Egyptian female canoeists qualified one boat for the Games by being the highest-ranking eligible nation in the K-1 500 metres event at the 2023 African Olympics in Abuja, Nigeria.

<small>Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)</small>

Cycling

Track

Egypt entered one men's rider and two women's riders to compete in the following events, based on the nation's performances, through the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint

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Keirin
Omnium

Diving

Egyptian divers secured four quota places for Paris 2024 by winning the gold medal in all of the individual events through the 2023 African Diving Qualifier in Durban, South Africa.

Equestrian

Egypt entered one rider in the individual jumping event through the establishment of final Olympics ranking for Group F (Africa & Middle East).

Jumping

Fencing

Egypt entered a full squad of male fencers and nine female fencers into the Olympic competition. Nada Hafez secured her quota places in the women's individual sabre after being nominated as the highest-ranked individual fencers eligible for the African zone; meanwhile, all of the men's team, women's épée, and foil events qualified for the games after becoming the highest-ranked African team through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

Men

Women

Football

Summary

Men's tournament

Egypt men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Morocco.

Team roster
Group play


Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal match

Gymnastics

Artistic

Egypt entered two gymnasts into the games. Omar Mohamed and Jana Mahmoud secured their spot directly for the games, in their respective events, by being the highest-ranked eligible athletes in the all-around at the 2024 African Championships in Marrakech, Morocco.

Men
Women

Rhythmic

Egypt entered a full squad of rhythmic gymnast into the games by virtue of winning the gold medal, at the 2024 African Championships in Kigali, Rwanda.

Trampoline

Egypt qualified one gymnast by winning the gold medal in the women's trampoline event at the 2024 African Championships in Bizerte, Tunisia.

Handball

Summary

Men's tournament

Egypt men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2024 African Men's Handball Championship.

Team roster
Group play




Quarterfinal

Judo

Egypt qualified two judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Youssry Samy (men's extra-lightweight, 60 kg) and Abdelrahman Abdelghany (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg) qualified via quota based on the IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on the Olympic point rankings.

Modern pentathlon

Egyptian modern pentathletes confirmed four quota places for Paris 2024. Mohanad Shaban secured an outright berth in the men's event by winning the gold medal in a dramatic sprint to the finish line at the 2023 UIPM World Cup Final in Ankara, Turkey; Ahmed El-Gendy and Malak Ismail secured an outright berth in their respective gender events by winning the 2023 Africa & Oceania Championships in Cairo; and Salma Abdelmaksoud qualified through the final Olympic ranking.

Rowing

Egyptian rowers qualified two boats, each in the men's lightweight double sculls and single sculls for the Games through the 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.

<small>Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage</small>

Sailing

Egyptian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 African Regatta in Soma Bay, Egypt.

Medal race events

<small>M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race</small>

Shooting

Egyptian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 African Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Men
Women
Mixed

Swimming

Egyptian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):

Table tennis

Egypt entered a full squad of male & female table tennis player into the Games, by virtue of their gold medal results at the 2023 ITTF African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia.

Men
Women
Mixed

Taekwondo

Egypt qualified three athletes to compete at the games. Seif Eissa obtained one of five available spots in the men's 80 kg division through the final Olympics ranking. Meanwhile, Ahmed Nassar and Aya Shehata qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of their victory in the semifinal round in their own respective division at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.

Tennis

Egypt entered only one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. Mayar Sherif secured an outright berth by winning the bronze medal at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana, who replaced the gold medalist Angella Okutoyi of Kenya.

Volleyball

Beach

Egypt women's pair qualified for Paris after winning the 2024 CAVB Continental Cup Final in Martil, Morocco.

Indoor

Summary

Men's tournament

Egypt's men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing as the top-ranked African nation in the June 2024 edition of the FIVB World Rankings.

Team roster
Group play


Weightlifting

Egypt entered five weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Karim Abokahla (men's 89 kg), Abdelrahman El-Sayed (men's +102 kg), Neama Said (women's 71 kg), Sara Ahmed (women's 81 kg) and Halima Abbas (women's +81 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Wrestling

Egypt qualified eleven wrestlers for the following classes in the Olympic competition. Abdellatif Mohamed qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; nine wrestlers qualified by winning the semifinal round at the 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt; and one wrestler qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Freestyle
Greco-Roman

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